Posted on 01/23/2023 7:15:56 AM PST by Red Badger
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl running back Tony Pollard suffered a fractured left fibula Sunday that will require surgery, sources said.
Pollard suffered the injury with 1:24 left in the first half of the Cowboys' 19-12 divisional round loss to the San Francisco 49ers when he was rolled up after an 8-yard catch. Pollard needed help to the sideline and was wearing an Aircast on his left leg as he was carted to the X-ray room inside Levi's Stadium. He was subsequently ruled out for the game.
"That hurt," Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said. "Just a guy that brings so much to our offense, brings so much to our team. His energy. His energy on the sideline, in the huddle, the way he gets guys going. He's a special teammate, special player and obviously that one hurt. It hurt us. Wasn't able to create as many explosive plays as we planned, and I'm sure he would've been a big part of some of those had he not gotten hurt."
Without Pollard, the Cowboys were left to rely on Ezekiel Elliott and rookie Malik Davis. Elliott had not averaged 4 yards per carry in the previous five games and averaged a career-low 3.8 yards per carry this season, playing a good portion of the year with a knee brace to protect a sprained medial collateral ligament. Davis had 161 yards and a touchdown on 38 carries in the regular season.
Elliott had 10 carries for 26 yards Sunday, while Davis did not have a carry.
Pollard's injury could not have come at a worse time for the Cowboys or for him.
He is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in March and had the best season of his career. In 16 regular-season games, Pollard had 1,007 yards on 193 carries. He scored 12 touchdowns this season, surpassing the total he had in his first three seasons. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career.
The Cowboys were banking on Pollard's speed against a San Francisco run defense that finished second against the run (77.2 yards per game). Before getting injured, he had six carries for 22 yards and two catches for 11 yards.
Was he vaccinated?
“As a lineman, he wouldn’t be eligible to catch the ball.”
I read last night - probably on Blogging the Boys - that Elliott could have caught the ball IF someone else caught it first and then passed/handed it off to him.
The Cowboy’s biggest problem is that Jerry doesn’t see the correlation between Dallas’ lack of success in post-season and the the tenure of Jerry’s ownership. With the exception of the initial 2-3 years where Dallas’ success was a carry-over from the previous ownership, JJ has created an environment wherein no really inspirational coaching leadership would want to join.
Much has to change before Dallas will have the success they had 30 years ago especially in the upper echelon of club ownership / management.
I believe that JJ is happy with the current situation wherein the team plays winning season football but are not post-season contenders. The “we’ll get em next year” attitude keeps the revenue stream from jerseys, TV revenue, and ticket sales flowing in.
That guy that tackled Mahommes in the Chiefs game tried to break his ankle too. You could see the guy throw his arms up at the end of the play as if to say he didn’t do nothin’.
My wife said he deliberately moved his knee forward to break Mahomes ankle................
I had one...i could walk and run...in a straight line but i couldnt make a cut to the left or right
Watching the Mahomes injury on video a few times makes me wonder. It appears the 2nd knee to the leg was on purpose.
Almost every play has a dirty hit somewhere on the field.
You have a football watching wife too? Nice!
She’s a bigger fan than I am!.................
You have a football watching wife too? Nice!
(After the shock wore off, the remnants of that team managed to win one more time 2 years later.)
I remember thinking: What arrogance! He just fired a head coach who won 2 consecutive SBs - the universe is not going to like this. !!
And it hasn't. There won't be any more SB wins until Jerry can no longer take credit for those wins.
👍👌😎💕.................................
He sucks. 2 yards up the middle every time. LOL
At least Walt Garrison could get you five yards if you needed it, and if you needed ten yards, he could get you five yards.
Too bad he is woke and all that lib garbage.
When MNF was awesome. Meredith hot boxing cigs and getting plastered in the booth along with Howard.
LOL
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